Fishing

We took the kids on another overnight camping trip into the mountains near Nederland, about an hour from our house.  It was much warmer than our trip at the end of May, which made the night/morning much more enjoyable!  Carson did great again, Aliana.... well, I'm not sure camping is her favorite activity.  But, Brian took the kids fishing and that was definitely the highlight.  Both kids really seemed to love it and everyone was happy :)  (even though we didn't catch anything).  

Ready, Set, Go!

The kids decided to "go running" this evening -- around the house.  Running shoes on, the kids ran around doing laps that Carson determined.  The prize was popcorn and juice (which was also dinner since dad was at youth group and mom didn't want to make anything).  Carson's sign says, "Here is the finish line", just incase you can't read it :)

Most of our weekend was spent in the kiddie pool and playing around the house - we were lazy!  Summer is great! Have a great week!

Steamboat Springs - Half Marathon

We are spending an extended weekend in Steamboat Springs, CO with Brian's family.  It's about 4 hours from our house, up in the mountains and just beautiful here!  We picked this weekend because of the races - Brian's brother ran a 10k and my sister-in-law and I both ran the half marathon (Brian ran 2 miles with us on Saturday for fun, unfortunately there were no shirts for that :).  My sister-in-law is what I call a "real runner" and had an awesome race.  While I like to run, I am pretty steady with a 10 min. mile.  Nothing to brag about, but I did make goals to not walk and to beat my last year's half marathon time, and I was able to meet both goals!  The mountains are beautiful and it was a gorgeous day.  Here are a few pictures from the weekend trip.

Aliana at the Bounce House (we had the place to ourselves, it was awesome!)

5:30am getting ready to get on the race bus

The kids cheering us on

End of the race, hooray!

The boys

The girls (of course Ali decided to put her fingers in her nose)

Our family

Cousins!  (playing in the elevator)

First Summer Camping Trip

Last night we camped at Golden Gate Canyon State Park.  The weather was beautiful yesterday driving up and for hiking/exploring when we got there.  Right around dinner time it got SUPER windy and pretty chilly.  Our camp stove didn't stay lit and then eventually ran out of gas :(  So we put the pot on the fire - looks yummy doesn't it?!  Carson did awesome and didn't mind the cold/wind a bit.  As you can probably guess the 2 year old was not as thrilled about the conditions... So this morning we packed up early, drove the hour home and made a big breakfast at home!  We have another camping trip planned in a couple of weeks so next time we will bring warmer gear!

T-Ball

Carson starts T-ball in about 2 weeks so we got him a glove this weekend.  He has always loved batting in the backyard (and climbing the fence to chase after the balls), but trying to catch with the glove has added a new challenge!  And I did try to get a picture with little miss Aliana… but she was not in the photo mood!

*Just noticed he has the mitt on the wrong hand ... we still need a little practice :)

Silly Faces

Lego Show

Last weekend, Brian took Carson to a Lego Show in downtown Denver.  I think Brian enjoyed it as much as Carson :)  The pictures they took of all the statues made with tiny legos were pretty amazing!  And Carson thought it was pretty cool to sit in a pile of tons of legos and build anything he wanted to!!  We are definitely putting this on the calendar again for next year :)